Toy Story 2: Love or Immortality

Photo: Pixar In the beginning, no one intended this film to be a theatrical follow-up to Toy Story (1995), the groundbreaking movie that made Pixar famous. The idea was to…

Toy Story: Beginning a New Era

Photo: Pixar Who would have thought back in 1995 that computer-animated films would revolutionize the industry? After all, Disney's hand-drawn The Lion King was still a sensational hit and most…

The Return of the Pink Panther 

When the famed Pink Panther is stolen in Lugash, the Phantom (Christopher Plummer) is suspected as always; Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is on the case, but the Phantom is innocent.…

Sherlock Holmes 

One of Sherlock Holmes's (Robert Downey, Jr.) most dangerous enemies, Blackwood (Mark Strong), is finally caught and executed, but that isn't the last of him. One of the most oft-filmed…

A Nightmare on Elm Street 

After the gruesome death of a friend, Quentin and Nancy (Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara) realize that they're both having nasty nightmares about a badly burnt man (Jackie Earle Haley) who…

Sex and the City 2 

Two years after the wedding, Carrie and Big (Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Noth) have fallen into a rut; when Samantha (Kim Cattrall) brings her three best friends along for a…

Blowup: Don’t Analyze It to Death

Photo: MGM I saw this movie a couple of times when I was a film student and rediscovering it ten years later was a delight. Perhaps it is one of…

Jagged Edge 

When a wealthy woman is brutally murdered, her husband (Jeff Bridges) becomes a suspect; his attorney (Glenn Close) doesn’t know what to believe about her client. One of the earliest…

Shutter Island 

In 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) arrive at Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients from the island's…